Chapter 18: The He Family Splits Up
There is actually a hidden meaning behind what Jia Zhang said.

Nowadays, it is only natural for an apprentice to take care of his master in his old age and see him to the end of his life. As long as the master does not allow it, there is no reason for the apprentice to refuse to do it.

The reason why Master didn't allow it was,
That is because the apprentice takes care of the master in his old age, which means that the apprentice has the right to inherit the master's estate.
If there is a son in the Master's family,
It is impossible for him to agree to let his disciple see him off to the grave.

The reason why Jia Zhang chose Yi Zhonghai instead of Liu Haizhong was

In addition to Liu Haizhong's bad temper and his tendency to hit people at random,
In fact, it was mostly because Yi Zhonghai and his wife had no children, and they hoped that Jia Dongxu would inherit the Yi family's property in the future.

But Yi Zhonghai and his wife were also smart people.

They knew very well what kind of person Jia Zhang was, and they did not believe her empty promises at all.
And because he has no children, Yi Zhonghai cares more about who will take care of him in his old age.

"Sister Zhang, it's not impossible to take Dongxu as your apprentice.
But let's be clear in advance,
Dongxu used to learn from his father, Lao Jia, where the rules were not so strict.
Since you are changing your master now, you must hold the apprenticeship banquet, sign the contract, and follow all the necessary rules.

As for the matter of taking care of the elderly and seeing them to the end of their lives, that depends on Dongxu's performance.

You have no say."

Although I didn't achieve my goal, inheriting the family property is a matter for the future. The most important thing now is to learn from a master.

Jia Zhang naturally agreed without hesitation.
"Okay, Lao Yi, everything is up to you. When is the right time for us to finalize the status."

Yi Zhonghai thought about it for a while, and then said,
"I think it's tonight.
After the meeting, you and Dongxu will prepare for the apprenticeship banquet. We will go to the bathhouse to take a bath first, and invite some respected elders in the alley to be witnesses.

Then I have to trouble the old lady to write a letter of introduction.

When I go to work in the factory, I will transfer Dongxu's master-apprentice relationship to my name.
This way he won’t have to worry about being fired from the factory.”

Seeing that the matter could be settled today, Jia Zhang and her son were overjoyed and immediately agreed with a smile.

Seeing that Jia Zhang agreed, Yi Zhonghai also made other requests.
"Okay, since you agree, Sister Zhang, then let's do this.

If you don't have anything to do, let's adjourn the meeting first, and then we can go to the bathhouse to take a shower and get ready to go to work!"

"Yes, it's time to wash it."

Seeing that everyone was about to leave after talking, He Daqing quickly spoke up to stop them.
"Don't worry, I still have something to say!"

Seeing that He Daqing had something to say, Yi Zhonghai and the others all froze and turned around to look at him in surprise.
"Lao He, what can you do?"

Then, He Daqing told He Yuzhu what he had just discussed.
However, unlike what they discussed at home, He Daqing took all the responsibilities on himself this time.

"Here's the thing.
We were right next to Lao Jia when he got into trouble. If Gao Shigui's gun had been just a little bit higher, there would have been no telling who would have been lying on the ground.

I was frightened and felt that the world is unpredictable.
The person who died the day before yesterday could have been Lao Jia, or any one of us, or even our family pillar.
So I felt that having only one son was not safe.

So I decided to remarry.

I asked Zhuzi for his opinion during the break just now. I didn't expect that he, as a son, actually supported my idea.
Since he is like this,
As a father, I can't help but express my opinion.

In order to avoid any unexpected events after marriage, I decided to separate from Zhuzi first.

Then he asked Zhuzi to move to the east wing of the front yard, and the original side room was left for Yushui, and half of his monthly salary was given to them as living expenses. "After saying this, He Daqing smiled and rubbed his hands, his image was as wretched as it could be.

"The old lady has agreed to the house.

I will sign a document for the pillar and the rain later. Now I want you to help me bear witness.
By the way, please help me find a partner! "

The neighbors had no objection to He Daqing's remarriage.

But the He family wanted to split up, and feudal patriarchs like Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong couldn't stand it.

"Lao He, if you want to get married, then get married.
It's no big deal.
But Zhuzi is such a good child, you actually want to separate from him, isn't that a bit too much."

"That's right. The children have agreed to your remarriage, but you want to divide the family. It's really a bit unreasonable."

He Daqing felt very aggrieved by these words.
It was obviously his own son who first proposed to separate the family property, but in the end he was the one who had to take the blame.
"You can't say that.
Everyone knows that there have been many disputes over family property in Nanluoguxiang in the past.
I will divide the family property now, so that Zhuzi and his family won't have to argue over those jars and pots in the future.
No one suffers any loss.

Isn't this better than becoming enemies in the future?"

Seeing that He Daqing had brought up the issue of his death, Yi Zhonghai and the others knew that they could not persuade him.
I didn't say any more.

"Okay, if that's the case, then you should sign the agreement and deed now, and we will be witnesses for Zhuzi and his sister."

Soon, He Daqing finished writing the document.
Then several copies were made, with He Daqing and his son each holding one, and Yi Zhonghai, the deaf old lady and their families each holding one, and the division of the family was then completed.

He Yuzhu had just put the document into his pocket and put it into the space when he saw He Daqing busy writing the deed and stamping his fingerprints.

He knew this was not a regular operation.

This kind of house deed with one's own fingerprint is called a white deed or a draft deed. The old Xia government did not recognize it and it had no legal effect.

But there is nothing we can do about it.

If you want to get a red deed, you have to bear ridiculously high taxes.

Just talking about Beijing at that time,
When transferring a house, the first thing to pay is a deed tax of 5% of the house transaction price.
Deed tax is a regular tax. When paying deed tax, one must also pay various taxes and levies.

比如2.2%的附加税、0.8%的教育税、1%的地方教员费、0.9%的地方教育费、0.5%的参事会经费、0.5%的解厅自治费、1.5%的解厅中用费……

In addition, the handling staff took bribes and asked for bribes.

The money spent on transferring the property alone will account for at least 20% of the total transaction price of the house.

The price of a house is not what you want it to be.
Just like the east wing in the front yard of the Siheyuan,
Although it was given to He Yuzhu by a deaf old lady, the Housing Authority still gave a rough estimate of the price, at least 1 or 200 yuan.
It would cost at least 40 to 80 gold yuan to get a red deed.
With the He family's current deposit of 20 gold yuan notes, it is simply impossible to get it done.

He Yuzhu had no opinion on Baiqi.
It doesn’t matter whether the old Xia government recognized it or not. After the liberation of Peking, the Military Control Commission recognized this thing anyway.

As for whether Yi Zhonghai and others will report it,
That's definitely not going to happen.
Because they did the same thing when they bought the house from the deaf old lady.

(End of this chapter)